Hyderabad: At last, Larsen & Toubro, the concessionaire of Hyderabad Metro Rail, has agreed to make changes in the alignment of the metro rail route at certain places as suggested by the Telangana government, ending the months-long stand-off over the alignment. According to official sources, changes in the alignment would be made at Assembly, where the Metro Rail would run from the backside of it and at Sultan Bazar where the rail line would run behind Women’ College. In the Old City of Hyderabad, the alignment would be changed in such a way that would not disturb the religious structures. The L&T agreed for the changes in the alignment as the KCR government agreed to compensate the losses arising out the changes in the alignment.The State government has been insisting that the earlier alignment would destroy and disturb the iconic heritage structures of the city like Sultan Bazar, Charminar, Mecca Masjid, and the Assembly. Till now L&T was firm on not changing the alignment arguing that it would delay the execution of project and also would cause huge cost-overrun. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday held a review meeting with the L&T authorities headed by its chairman A M Naik on the progress of HMR works and the necessary changes to be in its alignment. He promised that the government would compensate for the losses caused to the concessionaire and the L&T authorities had finally agreed for changing the alignment.
